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21.
[EXHIBITION CATALOGUE].
Visuelle Poesie: ideogramme, konstellationen, dialektgedichte, palindrome, typogramme, pictogramme.

Hamburg: Haus Deutscher Ring, 1972.

First edition. 18 pp. Sticker scar to upper corner of front cover, rubbing to rear; in all, very good plus in illustrated wrappers. Introduction by Eugen Gomringer. Reproductions of eighteen works by the major proponents of the form. Accompanying is a 11 x 8 ½ promotional sheet, reproducing six works. All texts in German.
$35

22.
[EXHIBITION POSTER]. Hazelton, D.R. ed.
First International Exhibit of Experimental Poetry in the Bay Area.

Berkeley: Open Theater and Gallery [1966].

First edition. 14 x 11 inch illustrated poster. One horizontal bend, tape removal scar along the top edge. In all, very good plus. Readings FROM the work of Burroughs, McClure, Mac Low, Chopin, Chopin, and Jandl.
$150

23.
FINCH, Peter.
Beyond the Silence.

Cardiff: Vertigo, 1970.

First edition. [12 pp]. Near fine in stapled wrappers. Concrete poems, some of which appeared earlier in Quickest Way Out, Stereo Headphones, Pause, sld, and tEXt.
$15

24.
FINCH, Peter.
blats.

Cardiff: Second Aeon (1972).

First edition. [80 pp]. Fine in wrappers and fine illustrated dust jacket with faint foxing to the rear cover. Introduction by Finch, “blats is a collection of non-poems written over the last two years.” He continues on to explain the role of chance in these works.
$35

25.
FINLAY, Ian Hamilton.
2, From the Yard of Thomas Summers & Co. Fraserburgh, Scotland (FR.64 & FR.195).

Dunsyre: Wild Hawthorn Press (1968).

First edition. 4 7 8 x 6 5 8 inch card, printed in two colors. Fine. Hand-printed at the Salamander Press. Murray 4.9.
$45

26.
FINLAY, Ian Hamilton.
Ocean Stripe 5.

(np): Tarasque Press, 1967.

First edition. [32 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers and very near fine dust jacket. Photographs from “Fishing News,” paired with texts from essays on phonic poetry by Ernst Jandl, Paul de Vree, and Kurt Schwitters. Postscript by Schwitters, “W W PBD.” Murray 3.23.
$150

27.
FINLAY, Ian Hamilton with Ron Gardner.
Iron Ship.

(np): Wild Hawthorn Press (nd).

First edition. 6 ¼ x 5¼ inch illustrated card, printed in two colors. Fine. Murray 4.64.
$30

28.
FINLAY, Ian Hamilton and John Roberts.
F1.

Wild Hawthorn Press [1972].

First edition. Folding card, 2 ¾ x 7 ¼ inches, closed. Fine. Murray 4.59.
$35

29.
FINLAY, Ian Hamilton with Diane Tammes.
Birch-Bark.

Dunsyre: Wild Hawthorn Press [1971].

First edition. 6 9 16 x 4 inch illustrated card. Very near fine with one light corner bump. Text by Finlay with photograph by Tammes. Murrary 4.46.
$35

30.
FINLAY, Ian Hamilton with Karl Torok.
National Flags Series: Cythera.

Dunsyre: Wild Hawthorn Press [1974].

First edition. 4 1 8 x 5 7 8 inch card, printed in two colors. Fine. Murray 4.93.
$30

31.
FINLAY, Ian Hamilton with Gloria Wilson.
A Sea Street Anthology.

Dunsyre: Wild Hawthorn Press [1971].

First edition. 4 5 8 x 6 ½ inch illustrated card. Fine. Photograph by Wilson. Murray 4.36.
$45

32.
FINLAY, Ian Hamilton. ed.
Poor Old Tired Horse 9.

Edinburgh: Wild Hawthorn Press (nd).

First edition. 4to. Single sheet folded once. Near fine. “Spring List” accompanies, as issued. Contributions by Paul Fort, Lorine Niedecker, Rocco Scotellaro, Libby Houston, John Gray, and Paulo Marcos de Andrade. Entire center spread devoted to Ronald Johnson’s “Sports and Divertissments.” Murray 2.9.
$50

33.
FINLAY, Ian Hamilton. ed.
Poor Old Tired Horse 10: Concrete Number.

Edinburgh: Wild Hawthorn Press (nd).

First edition. [8 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Drawing by Robert Frame laid in, along with an advertising flyer for “from Burgos jail.” Contributions by Robert Lax, Eugen Gomringer, Anselm Hollo, Augusto de Campos, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Dom Sylvester Houédard, “Brazil,” and Edwin Morgan. Murray 2.10.
$75

34.
[FINLAY, Ian Hamilton]. Laughlin, James. ed.
New Directions 22.

NY: New Directions (1970).

First edition. 194 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Cover art, and speical sixteen page section “Boats, Poems, Fish” presenting photographs of Finlay’s work.
$25

35.
[FINLAY, Ian Hamilton]. Abrioux, Yves.
Homage to Ian Hamilton Finlay.

London: Victoria Miro Gallery (1987).

First edition. 12mo. 22 + [26 pp]. Fine in printed wrappers. Essay by Abrioux, followed by 22 color plates.
$25

36.
[FINLAY, Ian Hamilton]. Cutts, Simon.
I.H.F.

Docking: Coracle [1990].

First edition. 16mo. [8 pp]. Fine in printed wrappers. Two tipped-on elements, one appended to the “I” the other the “F.”
$25

37.
FURNIVAL, John.
[Alpha-Omega].

(np): Openings Press (1966).

First edition. Folding card (7 x 8 ¼ inches, closed). Very good plus. Press name, date, and signature in Furnival’s holograph on verso.
$125

38.
GOMRINGER, Eugen.
die konstellationen, les constellations, the constellations, las constelaciones.

[Santa Barbara]: Unicorn Press, 1967].

First edition. Single long horizontal sheet folded once (8 ¾ inches, square when closed). Near fine. Originally issues as part of Unicorn Portfolio 1: 4, but here offered separately.
$75

39.
HALL, John and Ian Breakwell. eds.
Exit 5 & 6: British Visual Poetry Double Issue.

Allenton: Exit [1970].

First edition. Individual contributions collected in a still-sealed plastic bag with a printed closure along the top edge. Collects work by Sharkey, McCarthy, Furnival, Morgan, Breakwell, Cobbing, Phillips, Houedard, Hall, and Lloyd.
$250

40.
HELMES, Scott.
Visual Poems.

Vandergrift: Zelot Press (1986).

First edition. [12 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Eleven striking visual poems.
$25

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